Even Leaf Blowers Need Love. 7 Steps to Keeping It in Top Shape

7. Check all the nuts, bolts, or screws visible on the outside of the blower and tighten anything loose. Also, check for ...
Green Car Reports

Nissan LEAF: Battery Upgrades, Secondary Use Part Of The Plan

Nissan is betting a lot of its future on the 2011 LEAF, which TheCarConnection.com took a very short spin in last week, in prototype form. But that's not all, Nissan has said that other electric ...
Hot Rod

Get Your Hooks in: Tips on Making Leaf Springs Work, and the Right Parts To Get It Done

There is the matter of power, and then there is the matter of putting that power to work most efficiently. Without a well-designed chassis and suspension, all the power in the world doesn't mean ...
Green Car Reports

U.S.-Made 2013 Nissan Leaf Has Only 15 Percent Local Content; Here's Why

The 2013 Nissan Leaf electric car is assembled in Smyrna, Tennessee, for North American sales. In fact, Nissan got a low-interest loan for $1.6 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy to make that ...
JSTOR Daily

Fallen Branches as Part of Leaf-Cutting Ant Trails: Their Role in Resource Discovery and Leaf Transport Rates in Atta cephalotes

Fallen branches, logs, and exposed roots (fallen branches hereafter) commonly form part of the trunk trail system of leaf-cutting ants that inhabit the tropical rain forest. We studied the role of ...